LOVE IN A SWEET POISON

EPISODE 16 [DREAM]

"Do you like me?"

She looked at him shocked.

"Did it feel wrong?" He said.

She kept her eyes low, She doesn't know.I she doesn't know what exactly she feels.

"Or, Are you not able to identify what kind of feelings you are feeling right now?" He again asked.

She kept quite. He took a deep breath.

"Don't over think about it, at first everything will be under dark clouds. Give yourself sometime, you'll find the answer along time and those dark clouds will eventually pass away, the sky will become clear. Then answer me. Go to sleep, you haven't slept in the bus too." He said calmly.

He eyed her tenderly. She stood from his couch and went to the bed. She was confused about her feelings but decided to put it back. She closed her eyes drifting back to sleep.

[Time skip 5.00 AM]

ADALIA

I woke up as my alarm went off. I got from the bed to find Kai. He was not in the house. I decided to take a quick bath.

I opened his cupboard to find some towels. I showered and came out wrapping myself in a towel. I just realized, I had given all my clothes to that girl we saved and now I have nothing to wear. I sighed not knowing what to do. I decided to call Kai.

The door opened suddenly revealing Kai. I was shocked as I was just wrapped in towel. I quickly covered my chest with both my hands He looked at me from top to bottom and chuckled.

"I have already seen you half naked, what is the point in acting all innocnet now?" He asked sarcastically.

I looked at him unbelievably, hearing his comment. The hell I thought he closed his eyes yesterday. That p*****t!

"Here wear this" He gave me a bag.

I looked into it, A dress, cosmetics and undergarments.

"You always get clothes problems around me. This time I did not get help from anyone as I already know your siz-"

"Yahh!" I yelled at him.

Kai raised his hands in surrender and left the room smiling closing the door.

I laughed at his cuteness. I changed to the dress he bought and looked at myself through the mirror.

"He has a unique taste." I looked at the floral printed short dress.

I came out of the room wearing light make-up. He looked at me, His eyes glistered.

“It looks good on you.Lets go" he said.

"Usually wouldn't it be 'you look Beautiful"? I asked.

He chuckled. "No, you are always an ugly crybaby, I was worried that this beautiful dress would lose its beauty if you wear it. But thank goodness. it looks good." He laughed out loud.

My jaws dropped hearing his answer.

I saw him carrying a bouquet. My heart softened 'Oh, romantic boy.' How much he would love his grandmother to bring her flowers I suddenly felt jealous of his grandmother. She gets a bouquet at her age and I still haven't gotten even one from anyone, I pouted thinking about that. We started walking along the road.

"Is it near?" I asked him.

"Yes, it'll take about 10 minutes." He smiled.

"Okay."

We kept on walking and walking, and eventually ended up in a beautiful garden with lots of trees.

I saw some grave behind the garden, my heart prayed so badly that we should cross this garden and reach the other part where his grandmother lives. But I was wrong, he stopped before a grave. He bowed.

"Finally I came grandma." He said softly.

I closed my mouth with my hands. My heart weightened suddenly. He turned and grabbed my hands and pulled me front standing next to him.

"Grandma, This is my friend I met along my journey here, Although I don't know her real name. I'll introduce her as Crybaby. she was crying the first moment I met her hehe" He said.

There was his grandmother's picture with her name engraved. I slowly bowed.

"Hello, grandma. I'm your grandson's friend he met during his journey here. There was a lot of troubles we encountered while getting here but your grandson protected me all the way. I'm so thankful I met your grandson. You raised a great man." I spoke controlling my tears.

"Did you hear it grandma? Isn't your grandson so cool?" He showed his cutest smile.

I backed up giving him some time alone with his grandmother. He looked at me confused. I nodded once and sat at a bench not so far away. Though I couldn't hear properly I could see the happiness in his eyes. I turned my head away. This guy. who is he? How could a person love someone so dearly when they are not near you, not at all in this world. My eyes got teary as I remembered my mom. I miss her so much but seeing him talking to his grandma like that making me miss her more.

After some time he came and sat next to me.

"Done with the talking?" I asked him.

He smiled at me.

"Yes, but can we stay for a little longer please?"he asked.

"Sure." I smiled.

He sat there staring at a distance not talking. I wanted him to have his moment.

"My grandmother was my everything." He spoke softly. "She used to take care of me the whole time. I spend so much time with her and she was my best friend, my mother, my father, my girlfriend, my everything. I even took her to my prom as my girlfriend and got teased a lot." He chuckled.

"She scarified a lot for the family. I always used to ask her. How did she keep on giving and not getting anything for herself. She answered 'Love is pure when you only give to others and expect nothing in return.' She was a head nurse in a hospital. She lived her life saving others and always instructed me to live the same way. She says there is no such feeling of content we get when someone says 'Thank you for saving me, just because of you I did not give up." He said looking up reminding the past.She once said she had saved people from their physical pain, but never ever she had saved a person from a mental pain or depression. So when I find anyone in any distress talk to them, understand them. They don't need any solution for their problems just a heart who would listen to them. She was such a pure person and I miss her so much." There was tears in his eyes. I turned and hugged him tight, Patting and stroking his back. Everything makes sense. This is why he decided to help me through out, even risked his life for me in the bar, fought so far to distract me from my past. I sat there holding him tight, closer to me. His heart beating like crazy. How much he would have missed his grandmother and how much he would have loved her that he followed what she said to him. Trying to talk to me, comforting me because i was crying and was in a distress when he met me. There was a strange feeling in my heart. A strange longing to not to lose this precious soul and precious person in my life. But will it work? We stayed that way till he calmed down. He took a deep breath.

"We need to go somewhere too." he stood up pulling me towards his grandmother.

"I'll miss you till next time. Take care of yourself." He bowed for the last time and left the garden.We walked quite a distance. No one dared to talk. We stopped before a building. It read "Home sweet home".

"Look who we have here. welcome son. you are back after a long time." An old man maybe the security guard said to him as he hugged him.

"How are you? Is your leg fine?" Kai asked him.

“It's all good because of you. Thank you so much.” that man smiled.

" That's great? Can we meet the direction?" Kai asked.

"Yes, yes she is available go inside." The security looked at me. I bowed to him. He smiled at me.

We went inside the directors room.

"Hello." Kai greeted as soon a we entered the director's room. I saw an old woman sitting there.

"Welcome home after a very long time son." she greeted him and looked at me questionly.

"She is my friend." Kai introduced me as I bowed to her. "I have come to deposit this year's donation. Is everything good or you need anything important?" He asked.

"Everything is fine and thank you so much for the donation. We owe a lot for your family." She replied.

"Its my duty, My grandmother started it and I must definitely continue and more than that I like it too." He smiled.

"It has been long since you visited here. the kids were asking for you too. why don't you have lunch with us." She asked. She looked at me unsure. I nooded my head. I don't want to obstruct him on his journey. If I had not been with him he would have spend the whole day here with his grandmother. I want him to be at his pace. I don't want him to finish his works soon because I am here.

"Sure." He smiled.

After lunch We bowed and came out of the home.

"That was a well spent day." he said stretching his arms.

"What are we doing next?" I asked him.

"Anything you want." He smiled.

I looked at the time 4:30PM.

"Ok. Let's go on for a date.” I proposed.

"Date?" He asked looking at me smirking.

"Yes, I have get some clothes too. Let's go for a street eat date. Take a walk in the beach and return, Ok?" I asked him.

"Sounds good, But it looks like you already planned these,did you?" He teased me.

"Fine, Dont come. I am going myself." I said as i walked away from him.

"Hey Wild cat, wait for me." He came running towards me giggling.

He held my waist and pulled closer to his shoulder.

"Welll, I did not say NO." He whispered near my ears making my heart drop. Honestly, I liked this. This close interaction of ours. It brought a sense of Belonging, friendship, care and even more that i couldnt describe in words. It just felt like, i wanted to be in his arms forever. His smile, his warmth, his demeanor, he mannerism, his etiquette, his kindness, his respect. I just wanted it all, to myself. This strange feeling that my heart is enjoying to the core not knowing what exactly it is. I just want it for my lifetime.

"This time I will chose dress for you. You must look at yourself last time. You are a disgrace to fashion." He mocked.

I rolled my eyes at him.

"I have never considered about fashion. I just wear clothes that are comfortable and not revealing much." I said.

"What about the dress now, aren't you comfortable?" He asked while going through the clothes in the hanger.

"Not exactly comfortable nor not exactly uncomfortable. I'm in the middle." I replied.

"Cool then. Have you really thought about your future at all? Like what is your dream, what do you want to do in life." He asked slowly.

I turned to him suspiciously, why is he bringing it up suddenly?

"No, I did not have time to think about myself." I finished not wanting to continue this.

"Why don't you do it now." He insisted. What's wrong with him.

"Dreams are for those who are good at doing what they like to do and look at me, thrown out of a company at this age, boarded a train without knowing whether it goes, I 'm just a good for nothing old lady. And you are asking me to dream?" I asked sarcastically.

He looked at me unbelievably. I came closer to him.

"The world I lived in is worse than you could ever think of. You can't survive unless you put a hard mask. Each and everyday is a race, a race of survival. Lose one second of concentration; you will be stomped by a parade of greedy elephants. Once you stepped on, there is no way getting up again. I get your good intentions, but DREAMS. It's not for me. I spent my entire life working for my family business and for the welfare of my colleagues. ME and DREAMS I couldn't imagine one." I said sternly.

He looked at me deeply, he parted his lips to say something but turned around to select dress for me.

He picked up few clothes. Mostly bright colors and short dresses. I gasped. He smiled at me.

"You must come out of your comfort zone and try different things, you never know you might like it later and you should not be ashamed to wear what you like. You can choose your under garments while I'm here unless you want me to select those too for you" He winked.

I rushed out of there, blushing red and embarrassed. This guy Seriously.